Table 2 Baseline characteristics of the rural population studied (State Wise)
From: Reliability and validity of a new physical activity questionnaire for India
Variables | Chandigarh | Haryana | Bihar | Arunachal Pradesh | Tripura | Assam | Jharkhand | Gujarat | Maharashtra | Tamil Nadu | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | 30 | 30 | 31 | 37 | 26 | 24 | 32 | 30 | 30 | 64 | 334 |
Age (years) | 43.7 ± 5.1 | 44.0 ± 5.8 | 39.9 ± 3.0 | 38.5 ± 3.7 | 40.7 ± 3.7 | 37.9 ± 2.9 | 45.8 ± 3.6 | 39.5 ± 3.4 | 45.1 ± 3.7 | 41.7 ± 4.1 | 41.7 ± 13.4 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 24.2 ± 11.6 | 23.5 ± 13.7 | 20.8 ± 15.8 | 22.7 ± 11.2 | 21.7 ± 14.5 | 19.7 ± 11.8 | 20.1 ± 11.9 | 22.1 ± 10.9 | 20.1 ± 16.3 | 22.6 ± 14.1 | 21.9 ± 4.2 |
Waist (cms) | 84.0 ± 13.5 | 83.9 ± 14.7 | 75.6 ± 10.5 | 80.6 ± 7.0 | 79.4 ± 10.0 | 72.6 ± 6.8 | 74.8 ± 10.0 | 79.4 ± 9.3 | 72.1 ± 8.9 | 79.1 ± 11.8 | 78.3 ± 11.2 |
SBP (mmHg) | 128 ± 12 | 130 ± 13 | 130 ± 11 | 130 ± 12 | 127 ± 9 | 132 ± 12 | 127 ± 10 | 127 ± 11 | 125 ± 11 | 132 ± 11.0 | 129 ± 18.8 |
DBP (mmHg) | 79 ± 15 | 80 ± 23 | 77 ± 23 | 84 ± 21 | 76 ± 15 | 80 ± 23 | 77 ± 15 | 81 ± 13 | 79 ± 17 | 79 ± 20 | 79 ± 11.4 |
Literate n (%) | 25 (83.3) | 23 (76.7) | 13 (41.9) | 26 (70.3) | 20 (76.9) | 18 (75.0) | 19 (59.4) | 22 (73.3) | 22 (73.3) | 60 (93.8) | 248 (74.3) |
Smoking n (%) | 5 (16.7) | 5 (16.7) | 1 (3.2) | 10 (27.0) | 9 (34.6) | 2 (8.3) | 5 (15.6) | 5 (16.7) | 6 (20.0) | 6 (9.4) | 54 (16.2) |
Alcohol n (%) | 10 (33.3) | 5 (16.7) | 2 (6.5) | 16 (43.2) | 7 (26.9) | 3 (12.5) | 11 (34.4) | 1 (3.3) | 8 (26.7) | 2 (3.1) | 65 (19.5) |